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I live for the slow mornings, the ones where the world is quiet, and I’m holding a warm cup of coffee that somehow tastes better than it has in weeks, maybe even months. There’s something about that first sip. I’m not rushing anywhere, not checking my phone, not thinking about what’s next. I’m just… here. Breathing in the steam, feeling the weight of the mug in my hands, feels just right. It’s in these little moments, these unremarkable yet perfect mornings, that I feel most alive.

"Supposing I was to tell you that it's just Beauty that's calling me, the beauty of the far off and unknown, the mystery and spell of the East which lures me in the books I've read, the need of freedom of great wide spaces, the joy of wandering on and on- in quest of the secret which is hidden over there, beyond the horizon?"

~ Eugene O'Neill

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you kissed me in a crowded restaurant and it felt like praying.

Realizing you don't have to tell anyone anything about yourself or your life is... a very liberating feeling. Realizing you can tell the trees, rivers, lakes, and mountains instead? Even more so.

do you ever think about how Patroclus was Achilles' entire world and just cry ? do you ever think about how it must've felt to hear his beloved had died, feigning to be him, died by Hector's hand ? do you ever think about how Achilles cried and refused to eat and held vigil over Patroclus endlessly, but nothing happened ? his mother was divine, and he was the mightiest of the Achaeans. the gods placed wages over his head, bent the rules of reality at every turn to suit them on a whim, but they wouldn't bring Patroclus back to him. do you ever think about how Achilles swore to never forget his Patroclus, even though he knew that in Hades, no one remembers the dead ? do you ever think about how he called him his companion, 'beloved as myself,' 'despoiled from my own arms' ? how he saw Patroclus in a vision and asked him to come closer, to come into his arms once more and weep with him ? do you ever think about this stuff because I do, and it ruins me

#the song of achilles #tsoa achilles #tsoa patroclus

Will anything ever make you feel as deeply devastated as when Achilles found out that Patroclus was dead? He immediately went to kill himself, and the only thing that stopped him was the fact that he gave his sword to Patroclus. When Odysseus tries to get him off of Patroclus's dead body, Achilles almost murders him but doesn't because that would mean letting go of Patroclus, and he can't do that. Patroclus can feel Achilles's heartbeat against his cold chest with the remaining last bits of his spirit left behind. Or, you normal?

#tsoa achilles #tsoa patroclus #achilles #patroclus #the song of achilles